Lets Start Over

Do I still need to say that I don't own anything? Well I don't. Chapter 8 everyone. Enjoy.

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Derek closed is eyes as she did it. She had kissed him. He felt his whole body shiver at the touch of her lips on his. He kissed her back until she pulled away.

"I love you Derek Shepard" she said to him as his eyes fluttered open, "but I can't do us right now. I need some time."

"I love you too Meredith, and take all the time you need." Derek said as he saw the tears in her eyes. He knew that she wasn't going to forgive him immediately. He also knew that he had to make it up to her for choosing Addison first.

"Thank you" and with that she walked back in to the hospital.

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Meredith's shift was almost over. She felt relieved to be going home after a long, tiring, and painful day. All she wanted to do was go home and go to sleep. She didn't want to think about Derek, or Marcos, and how she was going to tell everyone that she kissed Derek. She knew Izzie and George would be upset because he was the reason why she had been so unhappy for awhile. They didn't want her to get hurt.

Meredith was done checking on her last patient when she spotted Derek at the end of the hall. He was talking to Bailey when he also spotted her. She didn't want to have to deal with him or her feelings right now so she decided to just go into the interns locker room and grab her things to go home.

Bailey noticed when they stared at each other. "So you and Grey back on?" she asked. She had gotten sed to seeing Derek and Mer together before Addison had come along, and she was starting to warm up to the idea. She saw how happy they made each other and thought it was actually kind-of cute.

"What are you...Who told you...Why do you think we're back on?" he asked, with a half-smile half-frown.

"I was upstairs looking for Grey and Izzie told me she ran outside. I looked out the corner window and spotted you two. And I saw when she kissed you. So what now?" Bailey somehow knew everything about everyone. And Derek knew she was going to be one of the first to know if Mer and him got back together.

"I don't know" he answered honestly. "But I think its going to work out fine."

Meanwhile...

Meredith was opening her locker when she spotted a note. She opened it up and read:

Meredith,

I know you need time, but I think we should talk after work. Meet me outside by the entrance to the hospital at midnight. I want to show you something. Love, Derek.

She had no clue as to what it was that he wanted to show her. Her brain was telling her to take some more time to think about it, but her heart wanted nothing more than to just be with him. She had to follow her heart and see what it led her to.

She finished dressing back into her normal clothes when Cristina and Alex came in. Alex and Cristina were both on their way home as well.

"Mer, wanna go to Joe's tonight with me and Cristina?" asked Alex. For the past couple of days, since he was dating Izzie, he had become...nicer.

"Um, no thanks. I'm actually meeting someone tonight." she replied as she tried to hurry and put her stuff into her backpack.

"So what's McDreamy going to show you?" asked Cristina as she read the note that Meredith accidentally dropped.

"I don't know. He wants to talk. Just please don't tell anyone about this. Especially George. He's the last one that wants me and Derek to get back together."

"I wonder why" Alex smirked.

"What do you mean?" Meredith asked, suddenly interested in his comment.

"Oh come on Mer, you know why" Cristina replied for Alex.

"No, no I don't know why. Why?" she asked again.

"Everyone knows George has a crush on you. Please tell me you knew that" Alex said.

"George has a crush on me?" Meredith didn't hear when George walked into the locker room.

"What!" was all George could say before he ran out, embarrassed.

"Was I not supposed to know this?" Meredith asked.

"Nope" they said in unison. "Well look on the bright side, McDreamy and you are going to hook back up, and George will be your friend no matter what." Alex said.

"Well I think I should go now." Meredith remarked as she saw what that it was already midnight.

"See ya." Cristina called out as Meredith exited the room.

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As Meredith hurried down the stairs, she saw George.

"Hey" she said, but she got no response back. "Well I know you have a crush on me, but I love Derek, and I'd appreciate it if you supported me."

"I do support you Mer, its just a small crush, but I'll get over it. So run off now, Derek's waiting for you."

"Wait how did you know?" Meredith asked him.

"He told me that he was going to be waiting for you and to tell you if I saw you."

"Thanks George." Meredith gave him a hug and left.

Meredith made her way to the doors and spotted him. She walked down the couple of steps she had left and approached him.

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Ok, that's chapter 8. For this chapter I just wanted to mention George's crush on Mer and I thought it would be nice to bring in the other interns to react with her. Next chapter will be all Mer and Der.